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Former FIA presidential candidate Laura Villars recently initiated a legal challenge against the FIA over the process for its presidential election in a French court.
A judicial court in Paris has ruled that Laura Villars’ legal challenge against the FIA must be examined by the judges hearing the case on the merits.
The hearing for the case has been postponed to February 16, 2026, while the FIA presidential election is set to proceed on December 12, 2025, in Uzbekistan.
Villars, a former FIA presidential candidate, was forced to withdraw from the election process due to a rule technicality along with other candidates Tim Mayer and Virginie Philipott.
The regulation requiring candidates to present lists of vice-presidents for sport and World Motor Sport Council members posed a challenge in the 2025 election.
The legal action sought to suspend the FIA presidential election scheduled for December 12.
Villars’s lawyer confirmed that the case will continue in litigation against the FIA with a hearing set for February 16, 2026.
